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Hace 18 horas · New Cumnock's historic Afton Cottage has been listed for sale, weeks after plans to demolish it were withdrawn. An online listing shows that an opportunity to purchase the cottage has now come up. Plans had previously been lodged, and subsequently withdrawn, to demolish the building and create a new five-bedroom, two-storey house. The cottage ...
Hace 18 horas · France’s Sophie Adenot and Belgium’s Raphael Liegeois will embark on their maiden spaceflights in 2026. They are the first of the five astronauts from the ESA’s class of 2022 to be assigned long-duration missions to the space station. Ms Adenot is scheduled to fly first, followed by Mr Liegeois, the space agency said.
Hace 18 horas · The New Zealand military would fly the Brisbane-Auckland leg. Around 265 New Zealanders wanted to leave New Caledonia. The road to New Caledonia’s international airport remained closed on Wednesday. Six people have been killed during recent armed clashes, looting and arson in the French Pacific territory.
Hace 18 horas · The number of constituencies in Scotland drops from 59 to 57 under the new boundaries, 48 of which will be treated as seats being defended by the SNP. A uniform swing in Scotland from the SNP to Labour of 10 percentage points would see Labour take 15 SNP seats, potentially reducing the number of gains the party would need in England to form the next government.
Hace 18 horas · Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli performs at the O2 Arena (Suzan Moore/PA) Italian tenor Andrew Bocelli will perform at a naming ceremony for Cunard’s new ship Queen Anne. The singer will top the bill at the event in Liverpool, considered Cunard’s spiritual home, on June 3. He said: “It’s an honour to be performing in Liverpool for the ...
Hace 18 horas · Speaking in Holyrood on Wednesday, he said his Programme for Government will be “central to a wider range of decision-making that will happen before the summer on key issues on energy, on oil and gas, on reform of the health service, and on taxation”. John Swinney has vowed a new tax strategy (PA)
